Court Hearing Set for Man Accused of Fatally Burning Woman on New York City Subway

Court Hearing Set for Man Accused of Fatally Burning Woman on New York City Subway
Sebastian Zapeta appears in court, in New York on Dec. 24, 2024. Curtis Means via Pool/AP Photo
|Updated:
0:00

NEW YORK—A court hearing is scheduled Friday for the man accused of setting a woman on fire on a New York City subway train and fanning the flames with a shirt as she burned to death.

Sebastian Zapeta has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of arson for the apparently random attack, which occurred early Sunday morning on a train stopped in Brooklyn.